Four-page excerpt from Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143, Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 2 (The Andean Civilizations), edited by Julian H. Steward. It includes the title page, the opening page of Wendell C. Bennett's introduction to the Andean Highlands, and two plates of photographs showing alpacas on the Bolivian puna and llamas and vicuñas. The excerpt is limited to the illustrations relevant to camelid fiber animals.

Extract of selected plates from Wendell C. Bennett's chapter on the archeology of the Central Andes in the Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 2 (Bulletin 143, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1946). It consists of a title page, a chapter heading page and four pages of textile photographs: Paracas Necropolis embroidered shawl and shirt, Coast Tiahuanaco embroidered fragment and velvet-technique hat, a double cloth detail and Middle Ica shirt, and Late Coastal Peruvian weaving equipment including a workbasket and a double-cloth loom.